- Sakuji-bugyō
were officials of the
Tokugawa shogunate inEdo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were usually "fudai "daimyō .Beasley, William. (1955). "Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868," pp. 18-19.] Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles as "commissioner" or "overseer."This "
bakufu " title identifies an official with responsibility for architecture and construction matters. The office was created on the 3rd day of the 10th month of the ninth year of "Kan'ei " (1632 ). Three "sakuji-bugyō" were appointed at the same time in an effort to tighten administrative controls over what had previously been an "ad hoc" army of builders in a diverse array of trades; and in a sense, the appointments could be seen as a response to a number of things which had not gone well in other, earlier construction projects.Coaldrake, William H. (1996) [http://books.google.com/books?id=DQ9XCihfL98C&pg=PA179&dq=sakai+bugyo&sig=zJ4K7cJvNGpDhLB3ogkiYNthfpg#PPA178,M1 "Architecture and Authority in Japan," p. 178.] ]The three loyal Tokugawa retainers were to become responsible for a number of shogunate building projects in the 1630s. These "sakuji-bugyō" was considered to rank approximately with the "
kanjō-bugyō " and "machi-bugyō ."Coaldrake, [http://books.google.com/books?id=DQ9XCihfL98C&pg=PA179&dq=sakai+bugyo&sig=zJ4K7cJvNGpDhLB3ogkiYNthfpg#PPA179,M1 p. 179.] ]List of "sakuji-bugyō"
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*Sakuma Sanekatsu . [see above] ]
*Kano Motokatsu [see above] ]
*Sakai Tadatomo . [see above] ]Notes
References
* Beasley, William G. (1955). [http://books.google.com/books?id=jjOCAAAAIAAJ&dq=Niigata+bugyo&pgis=1 "Select Documents on Japanese Foreign Policy, 1853-1868."] London:
Oxford University Press . [reprinted byRoutledgeCurzon , London, 2001. 10-ISBN 0-197-13508-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-197-13508-2 (cloth)]
* Coaldrake, William H. (1996) [http://books.google.com/books?id=DQ9XCihfL98C&dq=sakai+bugyo&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Architecture and Authority in Japan."] London: [Routledge] . 10-ISBN 0-415-10601-X; 13-ISBN 978-0-415-10601-6 (paper)ee also
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